Ex-teacher charged with possessing child porn images dies

Daryl J. Robertson, 39, the subject of a federal investigation into possession of child pornography images, died Sunday, August 1, according to an obituary submitted to area media today.

BARRINGTON — Daryl J. Robertson, 39, subject of a federal investigation into possession of child pornography images, died Sunday, August 11, according to an obituary submitted to area media today.

No cause of death has been confirmed.

Robertson was facing seven felonies alleging possession of images of nude boys engaged in sexual behavior, according to court records. Evidence was gathered from a relative's residence in Greenland, where Robertson had been living before moving to Southern Maine.

Robertson was alleged to have purchased child pornography between September 2010 and April 2011, according to the court affidavit.

Robertson was employed for six years as a music teacher at St. Thomas Academy, but was dismissed after an arrest for inappropriate touching of a student visiting his home. In March of 2009 he was given a suspended jail sentence for sexually assaulting the former student by reaching out and grabbing him through his bathing suit. He was sentenced to 10 days in the Rockingham County jail, with all of it suspended pending his good behavior for a year. The conviction was subsequently overturned.